Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] it [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he could n't bring himself to give it a serious answer . |
| 2 | We are optimistic about the prospects of the scheme , and I hope that , in due course , the hon. Member for Hammersmith will be able to bring himself to give it an unqualified endorsement . |
| 3 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
| 4 | The reaction from the other side of the table is different because you are a woman , they expect you to do it a different way . ’ |
| 5 | Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice . |
| 6 | And we 'd like you to give it a good , hard look , ’ he says , in a voice meant to remind me that his company has a great deal of money lodged with us . |
| 7 | If you tell him to jump a jump twice , he does it ; but when you tell him to jump it a third time , he says , ‘ I 've had it , I 've done it twice and I 'm not going to do it again ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’ |
| 9 | When , inevitably , we were asked to do it again , we altered it to make it the third article after the four-legged item and kept varying first and third . |